Accra: Ms. Kayla Adarkwah, a Ghanaian American, with support from benevolent family, friends, and organizations, has launched a 'Mobile Sports Clinic' at the Pepease Presbyterian Basic School in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region. The initiative, bearing the slogan 'Faith in Action,' aims to provide crucial medical supplies and first aid support to athletes injured during sports activities.
According to Ghana News Agency, Ms. Adarkwah, who is also a student-athlete at Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, established Kayla's Mobile Sports Clinic to ensure timely treatment for athletes. She expressed her hope to extend this facility to other schools, recognizing its essential role in the athletes' recovery process.
Madam Djabakour Djorbuah, Headmistress of Pepease Presbyterian Basic School, expressed her satisfaction with the Mobile Sports Clinic initiative. She mentioned that the school has collaborated with the Pepease Health Center to train teachers in first aid. Additionally, the initiative has led to the formation of a first aid club for students, enhancing first aid capabilities on campus.
Medical supplies were presented by Professor William Ofori Ntim, a cardiologist and associate professor of medicine, and Mrs. Sally Ntim, on behalf of Ms. Adarkwah. These supplies include medline skintegrity wound cleanser, a 315-piece first aid kit, a trauma kit with essential emergency medical tools, medical scissors, an eight-ounce spray bottle, an AccuMed CMS-50D1 fingertip pulse oximeter blood oxygen sensor, a permacharts pediatric first aid guide, among others.
Mr. Francis Tunu, Deputy Director of Education for the Kwahu East District, highlighted the significance of the donation. He noted that the medical supplies would optimize recovery processes for injured athletes, addressing a gap where minor injuries during athletics were previously referred to health centers due to a lack of on-field first aid resources.
